I don't agree with locking people up for owning or wearing things, even if ridicule may be appropriate. If something's bad enough to require prohibition, then the sale of it should be restricted and the sellers who break those restrictions should be punished (which I still don't totally agree with), not the buyers.
I do support pushback against the destructive forces of progressivism and the LGBT cancer, but I'm not always going to agree with the form or severity of that pushback.
You know a lot more about watches than I do but it sounds like an awful trend of people wasting their money on status symbols, much like people who regularly line up for the latest iPhone. Consoomers gotta consoom.
Hahah don't read too much into my post, I just saw Swatch and I remembered the Moonswatch thing.
Yeah, it was an incredible display of dumb consumerism. Seriously, as I said, it's a company selling a cheap knockoff of a watch that they also own. (Omega is owned by Swatch, Omega is a luxury brand on about the same level as Rolex, and the Omega Speedmaster is pretty iconic. There's a good chance you've seen it in a movie or somewhere.)
It was so dumb. Most people either don't wear a watch at all these days, because everyone's got a phone in their pocket anyway. Some have a "smart" watch or something like a Fitbit. Some people wear a watch because they're used to doing so but don't care, maybe they just feel uncomfortable without something around their wrist, so they buy a cheap Casio or Timex or whatever that costs a couple of bucks and lasts ages and doesn't need servicing, and then there's a small community of people who appreciate watches for the craftsmanship (or, often, for the ridiculous price tags as a show of wealth) and collect them as a hobby, but they're largely into mechanical watches - no battery, just springs and gears. The Moonswatch combines the worst aspects of the latter two - it's really just a boring quartz watch, it offers nothing compared to a $10 Casio F-91W, but it's also pretty expensive for what it is. But it was still a huge sensation and people really camped in front of stores like when a new iPhone is being launched, it really blew my mind. It does look like a Speedmaster at first glance, but the only people who even know what a Speedmaster is are the same people who also know that the Moonswatch is a cheap, ridiculously overpriced knockoff. I just don't get it.
But whatever, r/watchescirclejerk (one of the few good subs remaining on leddit, at least last I checked) had a field day with it. A field year, really.
I don't agree with locking people up for owning or wearing things, even if ridicule may be appropriate. If something's bad enough to require prohibition, then the sale of it should be restricted and the sellers who break those restrictions should be punished (which I still don't totally agree with), not the buyers.
I do support pushback against the destructive forces of progressivism and the LGBT cancer, but I'm not always going to agree with the form or severity of that pushback.
You know a lot more about watches than I do but it sounds like an awful trend of people wasting their money on status symbols, much like people who regularly line up for the latest iPhone. Consoomers gotta consoom.
Hahah don't read too much into my post, I just saw Swatch and I remembered the Moonswatch thing.
Yeah, it was an incredible display of dumb consumerism. Seriously, as I said, it's a company selling a cheap knockoff of a watch that they also own. (Omega is owned by Swatch, Omega is a luxury brand on about the same level as Rolex, and the Omega Speedmaster is pretty iconic. There's a good chance you've seen it in a movie or somewhere.)
It was so dumb. Most people either don't wear a watch at all these days, because everyone's got a phone in their pocket anyway. Some have a "smart" watch or something like a Fitbit. Some people wear a watch because they're used to doing so but don't care, maybe they just feel uncomfortable without something around their wrist, so they buy a cheap Casio or Timex or whatever that costs a couple of bucks and lasts ages and doesn't need servicing, and then there's a small community of people who appreciate watches for the craftsmanship (or, often, for the ridiculous price tags as a show of wealth) and collect them as a hobby, but they're largely into mechanical watches - no battery, just springs and gears. The Moonswatch combines the worst aspects of the latter two - it's really just a boring quartz watch, it offers nothing compared to a $10 Casio F-91W, but it's also pretty expensive for what it is. But it was still a huge sensation and people really camped in front of stores like when a new iPhone is being launched, it really blew my mind. It does look like a Speedmaster at first glance, but the only people who even know what a Speedmaster is are the same people who also know that the Moonswatch is a cheap, ridiculously overpriced knockoff. I just don't get it.
Here's an article about it, including a pic of one of the queues. The third pic has the original Speedmaster on the left and the Moonswatch (with a nasty-ass color scheme) on the right. https://www.fratellowatches.com/some-afterthoughts-on-the-omega-x-swatch-speedmaster-moonswatch/
But whatever, r/watchescirclejerk (one of the few good subs remaining on leddit, at least last I checked) had a field day with it. A field year, really.